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Re: Biebl - Ave Maria

I'm curious why you added the drone tonic during the Gregorian phrases? That sort of contradicts the whole point of the composer having placed them there.

I have changed it and removed the monotone bass to reflect the style of chant the composer dictated.

Originally Posted by qccowboy

However, did you get permission to make this arrangement? it is still covered by copyright.

I have contacted the publisher and am still awaiting there response. Since a performance is not imminent, I will wait and see if permission is granted. Since I am not selling it at this time, nor a we performing it in a paying gig, I don't see the harm in rehearsing it as an exercise.

Re: Biebl - Ave Maria

Originally Posted by wrayer

I have changed it and removed the monotone bass to reflect the style of chant the composer dictated.

I have contacted the publisher and am still awaiting there response. Since a performance is not imminent, I will wait and see if permission is granted. Since I am not selling it at this time, nor a we performing it in a paying gig, I don't see the harm in rehearsing it as an exercise.

Again, thanks for the comments.

Bill

please don't think my comment regarding the tonic drone was a criticism, I was asking because to my mind it significantly changed the character of the music at that point. I think it is important that when we make decisions that alter another composer's work, it be done with care and forethought. in this case, since it is a transcription - as opposed to an arrangement - I believe the idea is to render the intent of the original author as exactly as possible within the medium of the new instrumentation.

if the publisher is anything like the one I dealt with when I made a transcription of a Samuel Barber piece, you may still have to pay a small amount for your permission, and they may limit the number of performances. In my case, it was $100 US, in front of non-paying audience, one single performance, for a 3-minute long work for piano quartet. They also required a hard-copy of the transcription, and reserved the right to publish it if they should so choose.

I'd love to know, did you have difficulty removing the 7th voice of the original to make it fit a sextet? What I saw of the original score made it look pretty dense.

Re: Biebl - Ave Maria

I'd love to know, did you have difficulty removing the 7th voice of the original to make it fit a sextet? What I saw of the original score made it look pretty dense.

In regards to the drone. I put it in the first time, forgot about it, and when I listened to it, hated it. I agree with your assessment.

I am awaiting the publisher who is: Hinshaw Music

I am a member of ASCAP and understand the copyright laws and the rights of the creator of a piece of music. I am hoping that Hinshaw allows the arrangement for it makes a wonderful brass work. Maybe there is a brass arrangement of it, but I have not located it. I do know from my friend that her daughter played a horn sextet transcription of the work.

The 7th voice was covered by moving it back and forth between the 6th voice. Clumsy, but aurally it seems to work.